york fade in the distance as you go up the river an expression made famous from this journey taken by convicts since the early 1800s. thirty miles north of new york city, straight up the hudson, a fortress reveals itself sing sing. this correctional facility is one of the oldest in the nation and still serves new york. for 50 years, it was home to old sparky, the electric chair in which 614 men and women were executed, including julius and ethel rosenberg, the married couple accused of passing atomic secrets to the soviets in 1951. the serial killer son of sam, david berkowitz, was locked up here, and the facility continues to house nearly 2,000 men whose violent acts challenge our notions of humanity. i ve come to sing sing to discover whether redemption is possible for an inmate who